


RM: Well, you can build towers in the game, and you usually want to defend them, so that’s a bit like tower defence! But it’s mainly about building your units, who walk automatically.

Humour and hue meet to create light-hearted, high-octane hijinks.Take on a mate using just the GamePad or TV, where surprise gives you the upper hand.Command your troops, build structures, and battle enemies all with the Wii U GamePad touch controls.Use brains and brawn to defeat Demons, Persians and your old nemesis, Blackbeard, in this 2D strategy outing.Get together with a friend for a rowdy one-on-one ‘Skirmish’ game, where one person plays entirely on the Wii U GamePad, and the other solely on the TV, ensuring battle plans stay secret until the last moment! As well as choosing Redbeard, you can also assume the role of his new adversaries: the brutal Demons overwhelm enemies with strength in numbers, while the Persians combine magic and technology to surprise opponents! Whichever side you choose, you’re guaranteed fun, fast-paced strategy, tongue firmly in cheek, and only on Wii U. Once the war proper begins, it’ll be a riot of flying axes, exploding barrels, and the odd barbecue, all rendered in comedic, cartoon colour. With touch screen controls, it only takes a tap to turn your tactics into actions: heal your units, cast lightning, and unleash meteor strikes, all with simple touch controls. Enter the Demons and the Persians! Use real-time tactics to command your troops on a 2D battleground, and save the world from these marauders!īuild structures and create an army to overpower the enemy – there’s a variety of units to sally forth, each with a different role, but they all start attacking automatically. While ever-hungry Viking chieftain, Redbeard, is locked in combat with his old nemesis, Blackbeard, two fiendish factions arrive to create a fresh twist to the proceedings. It’s battling time, as side-scrolling action and strategy come together in Swords & Soldiers II for Wii U, a sequel to the award-winning WiiWare game.
